NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...

Community paramedicine represents an evolution in prehospital care in which paramedics assume expanded responsibilities beyond traditional emergency response. These practitioners deliver primary and ...

Emergency medicine doctors primarily work in the emergency departments, or emergency “rooms.” Urgent care facility staff also include emergency medicine doctors. Emergency medicine doctors stabilize ...

It is difficult to imagine society without the assurance that skilled, professional paramedics will respond to a medical emergency. But before the 1970s, clumsy, haphazard care, often at the hands of ...

Radiation emergencies can occur anywhere, at any time and protecting the health and safety of the affected individuals is the first priority. How can people, including medical personnel, be assured ...